1998-036-FA (CMHRP activity #1479)

Field Activity 1998-036-FA

Identifier

1998-036-FA

Alternate names

OC328-1

Purpose

Recover moorings in Casco Bay Region.

Location

Casco Bay, Jordan Basin, Gulf of Maine, Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Four moorings recovered at three locations in the Casco Bay area. CTD profiles were collected at each mooring location. Moorings recovered: 4 (#522, 523, 524 and 525 all deployed FA 98025 OCEANUS 320, Mar. 30 - Apr. 3, 1998). CTD casts.

Info derived

Time series data;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Marinna Martini, mooring operations engineer; Rich Signell, scientist responsible for moorings. Project = ECOHAB Gulf of Maine, ECOHAB Gulf of Maine

Platform

Oceanus

Length 177 feet; beam 33 feet; draft 17.5 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1998-08-04
End	Portland, ME	1998-08-06
Days in the field	2

Bounds

West	-69.94995117
East	-69.84817652
North	43.74095053
South	43.60138865

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Richard P Signell

Crew members

Richard P Signell	Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Richard P Signell

Specialist, Information

Affiliate staff

WHOI: Craig Marquette, Dan McDonald, Charles Stock, Rochelle Ugstad

Data types and categories

Data category:	Environmental Data, Time Series
Data type:	CTD, Temperature, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV:522,523,524,525; DEP:;

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Temperature and salinity		CTD, Temperature	(no data reported)
Bottom platform		Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1998-036-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	ECOHAB II mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery